“kids did it!” unit © m. beilin -- 2009 kids dit it! vocabulary review each slide contains the...
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“Kids Did It!” Unit
© M. Beilin -- 2009
KIDS DIT IT!
Vocabulary Review
Each slide contains the vocabulary words assigned for each article you are reading for this project.
Look at each word and try to say the definition to yourself
Click to reveal and check the definition
Now, CLICK to get to the first review slide...
NOTE: Be sure to go to “VIEW” in the top tool bar and click “SLIDE SHOW” or hit F5 on the keyboard
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Justin LeboREALIGN Put back into a straight line
SEMICIRCULAR
GINGERLY
DEVOTING
SNOWBALLED
BULK ORDERS
Shaped like a half a circle
Handling or stepping lightly and carefully to avoid breaking something
Dedicating time to or focusing on
Kept getting larger and larger (like a project)... “the one-day bake sale snowballed into a week-long sale”
Buying items in very large numbers
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Mike Munds
MALFORMED
PROSTHETIC
badly or improperly formed, “malformed ears”
artificial body part
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Craig KielburgerARTICULATE Spoke clearly and persuasively
PUBLICIZING
BONDED
TEDIOUS
PROFOUND
BOYCOTT
ROOT CAUSES
Spreading the word, letting others know
Forced into, tied to
Tiring and repetitive, “a tedious job”
Deep meaning, serious... “profound thoughts”
An organized movement to NOT buy a product or do business with a company
The main reasons behind a problem
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RYAN TRIPP
MANEUVERED
MONOTONY
Moved around something in a skillful manner
Boredom, state of doing the same thing over and over, “the monotony of having to stay home with nothing exciting to do”
CONVOY A line of vehicles moving together in the same path
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DWAINA BROOKS
GENEROUS
PERFECTED
Sharing with others
Made perfect, made to work really well, “she perfected her website design skills”
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Aliza GlatterMALARIA Disease spread by mosquitos
ACCOMMODATE
INSECTICIDES
CONTRACTED
QUARTERS
DILIGENTLY
Make room for, to hold
Chemicals that kill insects
To come down with or catch a disease
A living space, a room
Carefully, thoughtfully with determination
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Ryan Hreljac
SANITATION
BEARS
System or properly disposing of and treating waste water and garbage
Displays, shows a name... “the sign bears the name of the school on it”
ETCHEDCarved into stone or wood or other hard surface ... “someone etched his name into the desktop”
PERSERVERENCE Determination, keep going
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Dustin Hill
DUBBED
GRANT MONEY
Gave a name to someone or group... “the team was dubbed the ‘Fightin’ Phils’ by the fans”
A usually large amount of money donated to an organization to help others or complete a project
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Nick Morgan
FRAGILITY
AMASSED
The state of being easily broken or damaged
Brought together into a large amount
PALLETA platform on which items can be stacked up and then moved
SCALED BACK Reduced the activity level, cut back work on a project
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Alexandra Scott
RELENTLESS
WEARILY
Won’t stop, keeps on going... “a relentless stomach ache kept her up all night”
Tiredly, weakly
INAUDIBLY So softly, unable to be heard; silently
MALIGNANTReferring to cancer cells that keep spreading throughout the body